This is the first poem I ever wrote. When I was about eight years old, I used to have a problem with tinnitus at night. I would get a terrible nightmare, (which I cannot recount even now) then wake up crying silently. I didn't dare to move, not for fear of the dark, but of the roaring absence of sound. This is my best attempt to describe the experience.584Please respect copyright.PENANACLxKw88IFa
Silence584Please respect copyright.PENANA8D1kGhYtI6
It seemed I looked on a world all round584Please respect copyright.PENANAVyKXKLhFKG
Where Hell with mortals heartlessly toyed584Please respect copyright.PENANA9KQnYaTUsm
I turned away for I had found584Please respect copyright.PENANACm8gdaHPei
The Chaos globed dark amidst the void584Please respect copyright.PENANAnYxTvsXsVM
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I stood watching the sky disappear584Please respect copyright.PENANAqkogrZaXNi
And writhing Terror coiled and bound584Please respect copyright.PENANAvYvJKbTDpD
I knew it was there since I could hear584Please respect copyright.PENANAyppl1gOpdq
A deafening Silence full of sound584Please respect copyright.PENANAP7nSCGlZsf
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The starlight burned out, lost in the deep584Please respect copyright.PENANAptohsvzTvr
Yet I remembered always my name584Please respect copyright.PENANAOLxCmxMPgR
Though the world was dead I would not weep584Please respect copyright.PENANAJtv0DUnhPE
Triumph is what the Dark cannot claim584Please respect copyright.PENANAXEzY2K3cnM
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A song for the most abusive person I've ever met.584Please respect copyright.PENANAS7RTI95TEu
Burn584Please respect copyright.PENANADOr9mKxyPx
I’m bundled up584Please respect copyright.PENANAtCvNwMg7K3
But it’s ice inside584Please respect copyright.PENANA38YbVBqooW
Your hatred burns584Please respect copyright.PENANAxSC08snpkv
Below my cold pride584Please respect copyright.PENANA1To5yMMKRh
There’s a spider in my soul584Please respect copyright.PENANAU8FM6wutuj
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Hit me in the chest584Please respect copyright.PENANARw6hriDeNE
With a flaming dart584Please respect copyright.PENANA7qz6cTuu2A
The chasm gapes584Please respect copyright.PENANAkwCeJtFzvh
Into my heart584Please respect copyright.PENANAR1DIlicGpg
The outside pours in584Please respect copyright.PENANA9SllgWzB5G
But it’s not a part of me584Please respect copyright.PENANAqN0r5ztv7l
It freezes in the hole584Please respect copyright.PENANAt6krtMi0wB
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The vultures tear584Please respect copyright.PENANAJR3uPgpXSK
Rip and sunder584Please respect copyright.PENANAoaOZQSFi7d
My pity from you584Please respect copyright.PENANAzv9VuHDQv2
As they pull you under584Please respect copyright.PENANAQqI1aCamaq
Pierce your throat and take your voice584Please respect copyright.PENANArsVq3Ot2PK
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Your dead lips speak584Please respect copyright.PENANAREtRdwcPbi
Your burnt body lies584Please respect copyright.PENANAUpBCqqcbuj
On the wet ground584Please respect copyright.PENANA5yuSN7Hd0s
But I am too wise584Please respect copyright.PENANA7g1Dnd1dva
To ever hate you584Please respect copyright.PENANAB2vA5XcpGj
I will only despise584Please respect copyright.PENANAr4xoFr90F4
You melt apart as I rejoice.584Please respect copyright.PENANA2J7kmNtY0d
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This is my attempt to describe the way depression feels, especially the kind that comes from writer's block.584Please respect copyright.PENANAqqShXQAKbB
Nothing584Please respect copyright.PENANAdfhbo8nlhA
This world is all an empty hole584Please respect copyright.PENANAXijodKROts
Eternal falling, I descend584Please respect copyright.PENANAPlee4okeKl
Into the dark depths of my soul584Please respect copyright.PENANAG4nMWBKtdq
The pathless void that has no end584Please respect copyright.PENANA74vM6kXIWf
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All blankly white, a blaze of same584Please respect copyright.PENANAy5olOpXXdX
Deadly joy that drinks my cries584Please respect copyright.PENANAVoOI8FZD39
My fear absorbed to feed its flame584Please respect copyright.PENANAUUs8iBkTFJ
No spot of dark to save my eyes584Please respect copyright.PENANAe1N4nQhB18
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I’m crushed within the empty space584Please respect copyright.PENANAcbQHBsarRW
And powerless to resist584Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ab3m5WAln
People here in this nothing place584Please respect copyright.PENANAChoFDfEOUm
Attacked for daring to exist584Please respect copyright.PENANA3ttwEacfTG
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Oh lightning, split the solid sky584Please respect copyright.PENANArTASUI7MmY
Make me flash some kind of light584Please respect copyright.PENANACkb9zjRaoy
Oh hurricane, come be my sigh584Please respect copyright.PENANAfyalKMlVnr
Earthquake, swallow the black and white584Please respect copyright.PENANAprgEPwyG6p